Work Experience Question

[PP1992]

Hello,

I have work experience while attending college in India. Do I qualify for EE? I do not see any clear instruction on CIC website. I started 3 years course but due to failure on few courses It extended for 2 years and I was working full time last 2 years on NOC 6212. Please let me know if my work experience counts for EE?

 

[purplesnow]

work done while you were a student does not count for work experience for express entry.

 

[velveteen]

Hello,

I have work experience while attending college in India. Do I qualify for EE? I do not see any clear instruction on CIC website. I started 3 years course but due to failure on few courses It extended for 2 years and I was working full time last 2 years on NOC 6212. Please let me know if my work experience counts for EE?

Yes, you can use the skilled work experience earned while you were in college as long as you can satisfy the requirement of 1 year =1560 hours of continuous work experience full time or part time. This experience can make you eligible for FSWP, but for CEC this does not count. See the link here:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=855&t=29

Of course you would need to show the proof of experience as everybody else.

You can look at other FSWP requirements at: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who.asp
Hope this helps!